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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1908
Page
8
Streams Overflow Kansas After Record Rainfall
Kansas City reports heavy rain across the Southwest with October records shattered. Lawrence tallied 5.60 inches in 24 hours, and Kansas City measured 4.38 inches in the last day, causing rivers to overflow and washing out bridges. corn and cotton losses noted across Kansas and Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Lawrence
Kan
Kansas
Oklahoma
Kentucky Banks Booming Across State Outside Louisville
A Carrollton statement from the Carterville of the Cuieney shows 236 Kentucky National Banks outside Louisville increased individual deposits by 100000 between July 15 and September 23. Total resources reached 62965765.31 dollars, loars and discounts 35802610.54, capital stock 11318400, surplus fund 3713827.13, deposits 31840613.84. Legal reserve to deposits 17.90 percent and cash on hand redemption fund and reserves 25.71 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Louisville
Te Cartvolle
Cuieney
Man Involved in Night Rider Raid Commits Suicide
John Prescott aged nineteen, one of the men indicted for the Birmingham night rider raid, shot and killed himself at his Lyons county home in the presence of his father, according to a Paducah report dated October 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paducah
John Prescott
Night Rider
Birmingham
Lyons County
Police fail to locate Wiseman in assault case
Henry Wiseman, a farmer accused of criminally assaulting his sixteen year old stepdaughter near the city about three weeks ago, remains at large. Police and sheriffs across counties have pursued every clue but Wiseman has evidently escaped, with rumors he may have headed West given plans to travel there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wiseman
Wiseman
Tobacco Pool Ended In Milwaukee Meeting
The tobacco branch of the Wisconsin Society of Equity adjourned after a three day session in Milwaukee where about 4.5 million pounds were pooled, more than triple last year. The constitution bars members who raise tobacco and refuse to pool it. A minimum price of twelve cents a pound is likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin Society of Equity
Hurrah for Winchester and its Fine Daily News
The Williamstown Courier praises Winchester and its young daily the Winchester News. The notice expresses pride in the paper and the city and hopes they will grow to metropolitan proportions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Winchester News
Courier
Williamstown
Nebraska blue laws upheld by Supreme Court
Lincoln Oct 23 The Supreme Court sustained the legality of Nebraska blue laws barring Sunday business transactions. The decision endorses restrictions on commerce and indicates enforcement will continue across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Netl
The
Supreme Court
Markets Report from Cincinnati Stockyards Oct 22
Receipts and shipments of livestock show cattle steady to high values, hog and sheep demand strong. Cattle prices range from common to choice with calves firm, hogs active and higher, packers and butter and mixed packers varying by weight, lambs steady with high bids on extra and good to choice grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Union Stockyards
Chicago Markets Review of Oct. 22 Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Chicago markets report cattle receipts about 11 000 with steady to slightly lower values ranging from 1 50 to 5 10 for cows and heifers calves to 8 50. Hog receipts about 22 000 with prices 5 10 to 6 05 for various classes and bulk sales near 5 35 to 5 75. Sheep receipts about 18 000 with steady prices for natives and westerns from 2 40 to 5 70 for lambs and yearlings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Reeves
Western
Suffragists Win in Pudsey Yorks Stronghold
English suffragists already had defeated thirteen Government candidates in by elections and now win a fourteenth. Pudsey in Yorkshire, once a Liberal stronghold, sees thousands of women outside booths urging a vote against the government, with married women leading the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pudsey
Yorkshire
Liberal Party
Blackburn visits Winchester on county business
Mr. Robert Blackburn county clerk Powell County was in Winchester on Friday on county business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Blackburn
Powell County
Winchester
Brandenburg Arrested on Forgery and Larceny Charge
Dayton, Oct 23. Broughton Brandenburg was arrested while boarding a train for New York on forgery and grand larceny charges. A New York police telegram urged holding him. He allegedly sold the Times a letter claimed written by Grover Cleveland predicting Taft’s election, now deemed a forgery. He says he had authority from Mrs. Cleveland and from Hastings, and argues no sane man would falsify a former president’s utterances for 120 dollars. He planned to provide more evidence to District Attorney Jerome and alleges others seek a dramatic pre election climax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton, CO
New York City
Broughton Brandenburg
Brandenburg
New York Times
Grover Cleveland
Taft
Cleveland
Hastings
the Times
United States
Jerome
Traction Franchise Defeated in Cleveland Referendum
Cleveland voters defeated the three cent fare franchise of the Municipal Traction Co by 951 in a turnout above 75 000. The result risks reverting the railway to owners and renewing a seven year fare dispute. The city council may grant a new franchise to preserve the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Municipal Traction Company
Royal Wedding Seals Hohenzollern Union at Berlin Palace
Duchess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein wed Prince Auguste William of Prussia in the imperial palace chapel. Imperial family and about 800 guests attended the civil ceremony in the private apartment, Empress crowned the bride with the Hohenzollern crown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Alexandra Victoria
Schleswig-Holstein
Prince Frederick
Duke
Imperial
Auguste William
Prussia
William
Empire
Prince von Buelow
Dr. Hill
Captain John Robinson Drowned Saving Dog at Kelley's Island
Captain John Robinson of the barge Cutter drowned near Kelley's Island while saving a pet dog that fell overboard. He jumped into the water as the boat docked and was crushed between the vessel and the dock. A veteran navigator, he died en route to Sandusky hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky, O
John Robinson
Kelley’s Island
Robinson
Morse Juror Ill in New York Trial Halt
A juror Gordon Wendell fell ill with acute indigestion and kidney trouble delaying the Morse and Curtis trial in New York. He is at home under guard. officials hope the trial resumes before week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles W. Morse
A. H. Curtis
National Bank of North America
Gordon Wendell
Wise
City and Oak Park Elevated Railroad in court over tracks
In Chicago on October 23 a dispute between the city and the Chicago and Oak Park Elevated Railroad concerns elevating tracks west of Fifty-second avenue and improving service. The road’s franchise west of Fifty-second avenue expired a month ago, and Mayor Busse aims to secure concessions before renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago and the
Oak Park
New President to Make Lexington Home at Transylvania
President R H Crossfield of Transylvania University has returned to Lexington after completing pastoral work in Owensboro. He will reside here and assume full duties immediately. His family will join once a home is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
R. H. Crossfield
Transylvania University
Owensboro
Chapel
Tobacco shipment completed for Woodford County growers
Versailles Ky Oct 23 The Equity warehouse finished shipping $12000 worth of tobacco to Spillman and Ellis and W L Petty Cincinnati brokers on behalf of Woodford County growers. A special election to choose precinct members of the Woodford County Board of Control of the Budle Tobacco Society will be held next Saturday October 24 at 2 pm at Nonesuch Troy Pinkard Millville Witherspoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Versailles
Spillman and Ellis
W. L. Petty
Cincinnati
Woodford County
Woodford County Board of Control
Budle, Tobacco Society
Nonesuch
Troy
Pinkard
Ville Witherspoon
Monument for Daniel Boone Sought at Cumberland Gap
Congressman W P Brownlow of Tennessee backs a petition from Kentucky Tennessee and Virginia citizens urging a 5000 government donation to build a monument at Cumberland Gap on the Boone trail. Students will be asked to contribute. The $100000 plus monument would anchor the three states corner on the new road completed at a cost of 25000 under federal supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesborouge
W. P. Brownlow
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
United States
Daniel Boone
Cumberland Gap
Cumberland Mountains
Brownlow
Virginias
Carolinas
Kentucky Stallions and Mares Ship to France from Belmont Stud
Lexington Ky Oct 23 Stallions Octagon and Ethelbert and fifteen mares from August Belmont s Nursery Stud were shipped yesterday to New York to sail for France. They will be placed on the Belmont farm near Viette for acclimatization before sailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dcexington
Octagon
Ethelbert
Belmont
New York
Icmurrey
France
Biette
Truancy Officer Discussion Aimed at Winchester Schools
Professor R M Shipp met State Superintendent Crabbe in Frankfort to discuss appointing a truant officer for Winchester schools. Attendance shows fewer than twenty white children ages 7 to 14 absent, while the colored school has over 125 pupils missing. The white school truancy appears unnecessary. taxpayers may resist the expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Shipp
Frankfort
Crabbe
Winchester
Ordaining Women Urged by Mrs Phoebe Beeman
Mrs Phoebe Stone Beeman wife of a Methodist pastor pushes for ordaining women as ministers in the denomination matching some other churches. She aims to inaugurate a formal movement toward regular ordination of women pastors. Beeman is Lucy Stone’s niece, a suffrage pioneer and founder of the Woman's Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoebe Stone Beeman
Methodist Episcopal Church
Beeman
Lucy Stone
Woman’s Journal
Harry Watkins Hurt in Horse Fall at Dumor
Harry Watkins, general manager of the Clay Switch mines near Mayfield, returned home from Dumor near Louisville after being thrown from a horse. He sustained a broken rib and significant body bruising in the accident several days earlier.
Burley Tobacco Society Executive Committee Adjourns
The Burley Tobacco Society executive committee met on Thursday, adjourned Thursday night after ten important items. All actions handled were routine business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burley Tobacco Society
Democratic rally sneakers in Jessamine county Friday night
Judge J. M. Benton and Hon. W. M. Watts will attend a Democratic rally at High Bridge Jessamine County Friday night as speakers and supporters for the party event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Benton
Hon. W. M. Watts
High Bridge
Jessamine County
Sale Notice for Manns Billiard Hall and Cafe Auction
Auction notice announces sale of Mann's Billiard Hall and Cafe on Monday at 2 o clock with buyers to bid their own prices. Property is to be sold without reserve or by bid. Dated 10 21 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mann
Lowlands Threatened by Rising Rivers in Oklahoma
Flood fears rise along the Arkansas and Verdigris rivers as levels climb rapidly. In Muskogee Oklahoma watchmen are posted along riverbanks to warn residents of bottomland danger while rains persist. Independence Kansas reports the Verdigris river up 27 feet with debris from a ruined Union Traction bridge project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Okla
Arkansas
Independence
Kan
Verdigris
Union Traction Company
Rainfall Breaks October Record in Lawrence Kansas
Lawrence Kansas October 23 record rainfall measured 5.60 inches marking the heaviest single rainfall in October in 22 years as reported by the University of Kansas weather bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kan
University of Kansas Weather Bureau
Two Children Fatally Wounded By Railroad Torpedo
Lexington Kentucky October 23 news from Brimfield reports six and nine year old Charles and Millard Hale were seriously injured when a railroad torpedo exploded at their home after they used it as a target. Doctors say they are not expected to live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Charles
Millard Hale
Brimfield
Forest fires devastate county in Kentucky near Madisonville
Forest fires raging across the county for days have destroyed thousands of dollars in losses. The burn area covers over eight miles with fences crops and timber burned. Dry creeks hinder farmers from fighting the flames and a nearby town was briefly in danger as flames neared residences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Madisonville
Mear
Even Break: Dry Vote Wins in Coshocton County
In Columbus Ohio October 23 Coshocton county votes dry by 594 while Coshocton city goes wet by 886 Fairfield county votes to retain saloons by 328 Lancaster county seat 980 for wets In Tiffin Seneca grand jury indicts Al Bruce and Melvin Tarlton for illegal liquor sales Adirondack fires devastate streams harming stocked trout in Malone New York rivers thousands of trout found dead from ash and smoke contaminants
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Coshocton
Fairfield County
Lancaster
Tiffin
Seneca County
al Bruce
Fostoria
Melvin Tarlton
Malone
N. Y
Adirondacks
Delaney Encampment of Odd Fellows Meets Friday Night
The Delaney Encampment will convene at the lodge rooms Friday night for Royal Purple degree work. All members are asked to be present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaney
Odd Fellows
Train Schedule From Winchester Evening and Day Lines
Passenger trains depart Winchester with East and West routes. O and O East Bounp No 29 runs daily except Sunday at 8 55 p m No 33 at 11 59 a m No 9 daily except Sunday at 6 27 p m No 31 daily at 11 09 p m L and N Norry Bounp No 34 daily No 82 at 2 50 p m No 28 daily except Sunday at 4 38 p m L and E East Bounp No 2 daily except Sunday 3 05 p m No 4 at 8 13 a m L and E West Bounp No 1 daily except Sunday 9 12 a m No 6 at 5 20 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Norry Bounp
Lysanenaten
Athol
Sefes
K. Junction
Ar. Lexington
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Stokely & Rounsawall
Ferndell Pure Foods
Chase & Sanborn
Price
Red Cross
Huyler
Bell
Argentina
Morse
Boone
L. & E. East Bounp
Deity
Gundey
E. West
C. & O. West Bovnxp
M. & N. Sour
Lexington & Eastern
R’y Go
L. & E. Junction
Mt. ‘Ling
Campton Junction
Mountain Central Ry
Campton
Beattyville Junction
L. & A. Railway
Beattyville
Cannes City
J. RB. Barr
Chas, Scott
Jouett
Attorneys At Law
J. M. Steiason
Attorney At Law
Main S
Beckner
Pendleton, Bush & Bush
Main St
W. C. Worthington
N. Main St
Eagle Casting Co
F. G. Cornell
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